OPFL MP twice went on a business trip abroad "for three days" and stayed in Hungary for 2 months - investigation

MP from the banned OPFL party Vitaliy Bort twice went on a business trip to Hungary for several days, and each time he stayed there for a month. for a month each time. This is stated in the investigation of "Schemes", reports UNN.

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Bort went on a business trip "for three days" in April and July, with the approval of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, but he did not return on time each time. This is evidenced by the border crossing data.

On April 12, 2023, Bort left the country through the checkpoint "Luzhanka" checkpoint on the border with Hungary and returned by the same route a month later - on month later, on May 12, 2023.

According to the Verkhovna Rada apparatus, during this period, Bort was on a business trip to Hungary, but the MP was only sent for three days - from from April 12 to 14, 2023. Thus, Bort stayed abroad for 28 days more than the business trip was supposed to be. During this time, the MP missed two days of of work in the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada - on May 2 and 3.

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As for the July business trip, Vitaliy Bort also left through the Luzhanka checkpoint on the border with Hungary and returned on July 30. В The Verkhovna Rada apparatus reported that in July of this year, Bort, with the approval of the of the Speaker of the Parliament had a business trip to Hungary in July, but only for three days - from July 3 to July 5.

As a result, Vitaliy Bort was abroad for 26 days more than the business trip was supposed to be, and missed five days of work in the on July 13-14 and July 26-28.

According to Bort's reports, which journalists received on request from the during two business trips in April and July 2023, he met with a member of the Hungarian parliament who is not allowed to enter Ukraine and is an ally of of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Bort did not answer journalists' questions, why he stayed abroad longer than the time specified in his travel permit.

Who is Lorinc Nocho

Lorinc Nocho is the deputy leader of the Christian Democratic People's Party, which is in a coalition with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's ruling Fidesz party.

Lorinc Nocho is the deputy leader of the Christian Democratic People's Party, which is in a coalition with the ruling Fidesz party of Hungarian Prime Minister Orban. In 2021, Nocho was banned from entering Ukraine for three years. As the media reported at the time, the reason for this decision was campaigning for a political party in Zakarpattia during the 2020 local elections in Ukraine, which is expressly prohibited by the Electoral Code of Ukraine. According to the reports, Bort discussed "the prospects for the formation of good neighborly relations" and "the relations" and "issues of deepening interparliamentary cooperation."

For some reason, such contacts of the OPFL MP in Hungary do not cause reservations neither among the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada nor the Security Service of Ukraine

At this time, Ukraine already had a travel ban for officials without proper grounds. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Bort has spent 207 days abroad since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Bort is a member of the group for interparliamentary for inter-parliamentary relations with Hungary.

At the same time, in neither of these two reports did Bort indicate why he stayed in Hungary longer than the allowed time. At that time, Ukraine was already Ukraine already had a ban on officials traveling abroad without proper grounds. At the same time, some MPs complain about the selective approval of business trips. of business trips.